Steam Equipment Tips

Energy-Saving Tips Cards

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Download our hot weather energy-saving tips cards and reduce electricity costs as well as protect the environment.

No Cost

  • Check and maintain steam traps. In systems with a regularly scheduled trap maintenance program, a facility can save 2% of its total energy use and 10 to 20% of the boiler's fuel use.
  • Insulate steam and condensate return lines and ensure proper boiler and pipe insulation. Insulation can typically reduce total facility energy consumption by 1% and help ensure proper steam pressure at plant equipment.

Good Investment

  • Install a condensate return loop. Condensate return to the boiler is essential for energy efficiency. Direct contact condensation heat recovery can save 8 to 20% of a boiler's fuel use.
  • Install direct digital control systems.
  • Install heat exchangers.
  • Replace conventional burners with air or steam atomizing burners. This action reduces boiler fuel use by 2 to 8%.
  • Use blowdown heat recovery to reduce a boiler's fuel use by 2 to 5%.